Stansbury v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Prom the circuit court, Harrison county. Hon. T. H. Barrett, Judge. William Stansbury, appellant, was tried, and convicted of keeping liquor for sale, before a justice of the peace, and appealed to the circuit court of the county, where the case was tried de novo, and was there convicted, and sentenced tó pay a fine of one hundred dollars and serve thirty days in jail, from which judgment and sentence he appealed to the supreme court.
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Prom the circuit court, Harrison county. Hon. T. H. Barrett, Judge. William Stansbury, appellant, was tried, and convicted of keeping liquor for sale, before a justice of the peace, and appealed to the circuit court of the county, where the case was tried de novo, and was there convicted, and sentenced tó pay a fine of one hundred dollars and serve thirty days in jail, from which judgment and sentence he appealed to the supreme court. The facts of the case are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The appellant was arrested on the 26th day of July, 1909, and an affidavit made against him…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
Appellant was convicted in the court below of having intoxicating liquor in his possession with the intention of selling same. He was arrested on the street, and was at the time carrying, in a sack, a gallon of gin and four quarts of whiskey. The records of the Southern Express Company showed that appellant had received frequent shipments of whiskey in four-gallon packages for some time previous to his arrest. This was all the evidence in the case. All of this evidence is consistent with the innocence of appellant, for he may have obtained the liquor for any one of a number of purposes. There…
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